Born in 1899 in Terre Haute, IN, Juliet Peddle learned drafting from her father, a professor at Rose Polytechnic. From there, Juliet went on to study architecture at the University of Michigan. She was the second woman to graduate from the program in 1920. She moved to Chicago and worked for Perkins, Fellows, & Hamilton and got her professional license in Illinois in 1926. While there, she founded the Women’s Architectural Club of Chicago with a UM classmate and seven other women. After studying architecture in Europe, she worked for the Historic American Building Survey in Galena, IL, and may have also worked for Herbert Foltz in Indianapolis. By 1935, Juliet returned to Terre Haute and opened her own architecture firm. Four years later she became the first registered female architect in Indiana. During WWII, she closed her office and was a draughtswomen for Miller, Vrydaugh, & Yeager. By 1946, she reopened the firm and remained in practice until 1974.